highway

[hahy-wey]

noun

1. a main road, especially one between towns or cities.

   the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

   Synonyms: interstate, thruway, freeway, expressway

2. any public road or waterway.

3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.

highway

/ ˈhaɪˌweɪ /

noun

1. a public road that all may use

2. law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities

3. a main route for any form of transport

4. a direct path or course

Word History and Origins

Origin of highway¹

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way ¹

Example Sentences

He is also accused of conspiring with his son, David Anderson, and the council's former assistant director of highways and planning, Andrew Barr, 51, to arrange special access for his son's company SSC.

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The province has declared a state of emergency after landslides damaged major roads and highways.

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In a statement on Thursday, leader Dan Harrison said Charles Whitford had been stood down from his role as cabinet member for highways, transport and waste.

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"Anybody who has been to America will know that there's always a small town 30 miles outside with plenty of motels strung out along the highway."

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Equally important, this concept required a spaceship so large—three hundred thousand pounds—that the nation’s existing factories, railroads, highways, and ships wouldn’t be able to transport the parts required to put it together.

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Related Words

• artery 
• avenue 
• boulevard 
• freeway 
• interstate 
• parking lot 
• path 
• roadway 
• street 
• superhighway 
• thoroughfare 
• track 
• turnpike